<div>My understanding:<br><br>Meetup.com is free to setup new groups.<br>It is convenient to show all LUG events on the same calendar.<br>Chicago is a large city, so the attendants are not "local" any more, a smaller group might help.<br>A new group can have clear identity, more specific title and mission statements. Even both Jim and Meg can update current group, they cannot freely do that because it is very much shared by other LUG(s).<br>Possibly charge a fee to members.<br>Mailing list noise is not a huge issue, per se. We all have many other lists and uninteresting topics.<br><br>A new group will only add a little inconvenience: ask people to sign up. An event should be posted to both groups, adding some administration burden.</div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr">On Wed, Aug 26, 2015 at 10:35 PM eviljoel <<a href="mailto:eviljoel@linux.com" target="_blank">eviljoel@linux.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Hey All,<br>
<br>
I'm quite certain Meetup.com significantly increases meeting attendance.<br>
However, since our meetings are already listed on a Meetup.com site, I'm<br>
not sure how much we would benefit from having our own Meetup.com page.<br>
Our meetings are already pretty packed. I'm not sure we need more attendees.<br>
<br>
Thanks,<br>
eviljoel<br>
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On 08/26/2015 10:06 PM, meg ford wrote:<br>
> We started using meetup because we found that it made it easier for<br>
> people to find out about the meetings and we reached more people.<br>
> Because we recognize that some people choose to use only free software,<br>
> we also announce all of the meetings on the list and the website. Before<br>
> we started using meetup we had a hard time finding new people who were<br>
> interested in coming to the LUG. We also try to get the word out in<br>
> other ways (for example at Flourish! and Software Freedom Day).<br>
><br>
> Meg<br>
><br>
> On Wed, Aug 26, 2015 at 9:59 PM, Rob Dux <<a href="mailto:robwdux@gmail.com" target="_blank">robwdux@gmail.com</a><br>
> <mailto:<a href="mailto:robwdux@gmail.com" target="_blank">robwdux@gmail.com</a>>> wrote:<br>
><br>
> +1 for <a href="http://meetup.com" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">meetup.com</a> <<a href="http://meetup.com" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">http://meetup.com</a>> and the utility it provides<br>
><br>
> I'm also willing to contribute to offset the cost for a specific group<br>
> on meetup (ChicagoLUG)<br>
><br>
> Best,<br>
> Rob<br>
><br>
> On Wed, Aug 26, 2015 at 1:57 PM, sheila miguez <<a href="mailto:shekay@pobox.com" target="_blank">shekay@pobox.com</a><br>
> <mailto:<a href="mailto:shekay@pobox.com" target="_blank">shekay@pobox.com</a>>> wrote:<br>
> ><br>
> > On Wed, Aug 26, 2015 at 1:56 PM, sheila miguez <<a href="mailto:shekay@pobox.com" target="_blank">shekay@pobox.com</a><br>
> <mailto:<a href="mailto:shekay@pobox.com" target="_blank">shekay@pobox.com</a>>> wrote:<br>
> >><br>
> >> population of people, especially people who are familiar with the<br>
> concept<br>
> >> of user groups.<br>
> ><br>
> ><br>
> > NOT familiar with. sorry about that.<br>
> ><br>
> ><br>
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